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Introducing. Connecting our communities; past, present and future. Workshop 2009. www.nictd.com/fiberlink. South Shore History Since 1908, the South Shore has been in the business of delivering value to the communities it serves by moving people and freight.

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Since 1908, the South Shore has been in the business of delivering value to the communities it serves by moving people and freight.

The passenger and freight services were separated in 1990. The passenger service, right of way, and passenger assets became the sole responsibility of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD). The freight service is owned by South Shore Freight.

Each year South Shore moves millions of people and millions of tons freight

SSFL is an initialve of NICTD and is in the business of leasing carrier grade, vendor neutral, dark fiber “circuits” to corporate consumers along its right of way.

It is not a phone company, internet service provider or cable company.

Our region led the industrial revolution of the mid 1900’s with rail and highways. It moved people and materials from east to west like no other part of the country. Now, the SSFL now puts us at the head of the next revolution; the technological one.

It allows customers to move data through the heartland of America at exponentially fast speeds, in a secure ,high grade manner and at price points only a community partner can offer.

South Shore Fiber Link provides it customers with a pair (2 individual)

of dark fibers (no electronics) from one end of the system to the other. These fiber pairs are packaged as fiber “circuits” and leased in an aerial or terrestrial (underground) bundle running the length of the system, or both to create a loop.

The circuits are offered on lease programs that range from $1,000 to $2,000 per month.

These circuits provide a “Backbone” connection. Each customer is responsible for